# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-rathnavelu
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:43:26.044Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/r-rathnavelu"
name: "R. Rathnavelu"
slug: "r-rathnavelu"
description: "R. Rathnavelu is an Indian cinematographer who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. His work in films such as Sethu, Nandhaa, Vaaranam Aayiram, Enthiran, 1: Nenokkadine, Rangasthalam and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy garnered recognition. He has garnered three Filmfare Awards South, the Vijay Awards, the Tamil Nadu State Film Award, four SIIMA Awards and the Kalaimamani Award bestowed by the Tamil Nadu state government for his work."
tagline: "Indian cinematographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rathnavelu_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1971-02-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.484483200820723
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "RathnaveluDop"
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    title: "آر. راتناولو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "R. Ratnavelu"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump